Although Kobe Bryant beat his rape case, the legal victory won’t save his multimillion-dollar fortunes as a pitchman.

His legal quagmire has killed most of his endorsement deals and left others in serious limbo, including his cash-cow $45 million contract to promote Nike sneakers and products.

Experts believe the NBA superstar will see all his rich deals slip through his fingers, despite the prosecution’s dropping of rape charges in the middle of his sordid trial on Wednesday.

Bryant still faces a civil trial from the woman he allegedly raped at a lodge in the Rocky Mountains.

Nike and companies that privately might still be interested in keeping Bryant involved in a limited role as an endorser are expected to head back to the negotiating table to re-write his deals as a result of violations of contract morals clauses, experts say.

“His remaining deals face complete overhauls at the negotiating table,” said Paul Swangard, director of Warsaw Sports Markets Center at the University of Oregon.

Nike could slash its $45 million, five-year deal with Bryant to just a few million, if Nike decides to keep him in its jock portfolio of pitch people.

Nike kept him mothballed from its marketing plans as the rape case unfolded this year, but appears to have lost interest in using him in the way it had planned when it signed up the champion hoopster just prior to his sex case indictment.

The only action he’s likely to see from Nike is a small deal to make replicas of Bryant’s team jersey from his high school in Pennsylvania, Lower Merion High School, according to industry reports.

Nike has about a four-month window before it makes a final determination for Bryant’s role in its marketing plans, said Swangard.

The pressure of a civil trial, which could drag on for more than a year, could force Bryant to make a quick settlement this autumn to close the messy case – for both him and any sympathetic manufacturers.

Bryant already lost any chance of renewing his $22 million McDonald’s deal that expired in December and has seen his endorsement contracts left in shambles at Sprite and Nutella.

It’s not hopeless, however.

Bryant’s legal ordeals could make him a winning asset for specialized marketing opportunities, such as 1-800-LAWYERS.

The founder of the coast-to-coast legal marketing group said it would “welcome using Bryant” in a public-service styled TV commercial for its legal services.

“He could tell an audience, “I’m rich enough to afford the best lawyers, and you can also get the best lawyers money can buy with 1-800-LAWYERS,” said Bruce Davis, an attorney who founded the marketing network.

Wild pitch

Now that rape charges against Kobe Bryant have been dropped, will the hoops star be redeemed as a pitchman for corporate America? The status of his deals:

* McDonald’s didn’t renew $20M-$22M deal after it expired Dec. 31

* Nutella didn’t renew contract after it expired August 2003

* Sprite deal expires next year; Lebron James signed in his place

* Nike’s $45M 5-year deal was signed days before allegations surfaced and is up for renegotiation; has not appeared in commercials since then; Lebron James signed in his place; reportedly trying to acquire rights to sell replicas of his high-school jersey and other apparel